SmackDown Women’s Champion Asuka came away successful in her Royal Rumble title defense against former champion Becky Lynch. The match was a back and forth affair with Becky Lynch getting in her opponent’s face early on shouting, ‘Fight Me!’
Asuka obliged and the two women attacked each other in brutal and aggressive fashion. As Asuka attempted a suplex on the outside of the ring, both women actually ended up hitting the ring floor face first with a sickening thud. Although it was close, both Asuka and Lynch returned to the ring before the count of ten.
The two proceeded to exchange slap after slap after slap. Asuka hit several violent kicks to Lynch’s upper body, but Lynch did not back down eventually capitalizing with a Super Bexploder from the top rope that WWE announcers described as having ‘spine shattering impact’.
If your strategy is to try and out-KICK @WWEAsuka, you could be in for a long night… #RoyalRumble pic.twitter.com/0k0SCOxuvE
— WWE Universe (@WWEUniverse) January 28, 2019
CRASH AND BURN…ALL for the sake of walking out #SDLive #WomensChampion!#RoyalRumble @WWEAsuka @BeckyLynchWWE pic.twitter.com/IYhFSWwdep
— WWE Universe (@WWEUniverse) January 28, 2019
? SUPER BEXPLODER ?#RoyalRumble @BeckyLynchWWE pic.twitter.com/YrrAQ6G0cM
— WWE (@WWE) January 28, 2019
Eventually Lynch and Asuka took turns putting one another in their respective finishers. Asuka fought her way out of the Disarm Her, but when Lynch found herself in the Asuka Lock, she ultimately tapped out.
STILL THE EMPRESS of #SDLive.@WWEAsuka just made @BeckyLynchWWE TAP OUT to kick off #RoyalRumble! pic.twitter.com/uRqGaUGRIa
— WWE (@WWE) January 28, 2019
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NXT TakeOver: Dallas was a major professional wrestling show in the NXT TakeOver series that took place on April 1, 2016, produced by WWE, showcasing its NXT developmental brand, and was streamed live on the WWE Network. It took place in the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center in Dallas, Texas, during the weekend of WrestleMania 32. It was the first show in the NXT TakeOver series to be broadcast live on the WWE Network during WrestleMania weekend and first of 2016.[4] It was notable for Shinsuke Nakamura's WWE debut and first live match.The event received critical acclaim, with critics endorsing it as being better than WWE's WrestleMania 32 held two days later. The Zayn-Nakamura match was also lauded for being better than any match from WrestleMania 32.Asuka def. (sub) Bayley (c) for the NXT Women's Title(title change)
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NXT TakeOver: Dallas was a major professional wrestling show in the NXT TakeOver series that took place on April 1, 2016, produced by WWE, showcasing its NXT developmental brand, and was streamed live on the WWE Network. It took place in the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center in Dallas, Texas, during the weekend of WrestleMania 32. It was the first show in the NXT TakeOver series to be broadcast live on the WWE Network during WrestleMania weekend and first of 2016.[4] It was notable for Shinsuke Nakamura's WWE debut and first live match.The event received critical acclaim, with critics endorsing it as being better than WWE's WrestleMania 32 held two days later. The Zayn-Nakamura match was also lauded for being better than any match from WrestleMania 32.Asuka def. (sub) Bayley (c) for the NXT Women's Title(title change)
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NXT TakeOver: Dallas was a major professional wrestling show in the NXT TakeOver series that took place on April 1, 2016, produced by WWE, showcasing its NXT developmental brand, and was streamed live on the WWE Network. It took place in the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center in Dallas, Texas, during the weekend of WrestleMania 32. It was the first show in the NXT TakeOver series to be broadcast live on the WWE Network during WrestleMania weekend and first of 2016.[4] It was notable for Shinsuke Nakamura's WWE debut and first live match.The event received critical acclaim, with critics endorsing it as being better than WWE's WrestleMania 32 held two days later. The Zayn-Nakamura match was also lauded for being better than any match from WrestleMania 32.Asuka def. (sub) Bayley (c) for the NXT Women's Title(title change)
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